Method and system for identifying user information in social network

• US 10,536,456 B2
• Filed: 09/22/2017
• Issued: 01/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Wang, Haiyang, Zhao, Zixuan, Guo, Jiwei
• Primary Examiner(s): Bayou, Yonas A
• Application Number:
  US15/712,398
• Publication Number:
  US 20180077157A1
• Time in Patent Office: 844 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2365 Ensuring data consistency and integrity
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2465 Query processing support for facilitating data mining operations in structured databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2216/03 Data mining
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0815 providing single-sign-on or federations
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0876 based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

A method for identifying user information includes obtaining a first user identifier of a user in a social network; obtaining identity authentication information corresponding to the first user identifier; determining whether the identity authentication information is associated with a second user identifier; and storing, when the identity authentication information is associated with the second user identifier, an association relationship between the first user identifier and the second user identifier.

Claims

1. A method for identifying user information, the method performed by at least one computer processor and comprising:

obtaining a first user identifier of a user in a social network;

obtaining identity authentication information corresponding to the first user identifier;

determining whether the identity authentication information is associated with a second user identifier;

storing, in response to determining that the identity authentication information is associated with the second user identifier, an association relationship between the first user identifier and the second user identifier;

performing data mining on a user behavior, and estimating a master-slave relationship between the first user identifier and the second user identifier based on the data mining on the user behavior; and

verifying the estimated master-slave relationship between the first user identifier and the second user identifier based on the stored association relationship, the stored association relationship comprising a master-slave relationship that is established between the first user identifier and the second user identifier.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the storing comprises:

identifying a record item by using the first user identifier as a keyword, and recording, in the record item, the second user identifier and the identity authentication information corresponding to the first user identifier.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the storing comprises:

determining whether the association relationship between the first user identifier and the second user identifier is stored in an identity information relationship database; and

storing the association relationship between the first user identifier and the second user identifier, in response to determining that the association relationship between the first user identifier and the second user identifier is not stored in the identity information relationship database.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the storing the association relationship comprises:

storing the association relationship in the identity information relationship database.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising performing at least one of:

obtaining a preset rule, and determining the master-slave relationship between the first user identifier and the second user identifier based on the preset rule; and

receiving indication information of the user, and determining the master-slave relationship between the first user identifier and the second user identifier based on the indication information.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the obtaining the identity authentication information corresponding to the first user identifier comprises:

querying a preset identity authentication system by using the first user identifier as a keyword;

determining whether the identity authentication information corresponding to the first user identifier exists in the preset identity authentication system; and

obtaining the identity authentication information in response to determining that the identity authentication information exists in the preset identity authentication system.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising:

collecting identity authentication information of users in the social network; and

managing the identity authentication system based on the collected identity authentication information.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

verifying accuracy of the data mining on the user behavior based on a result of the verifying the estimated master-slave relationship between the first user identifier and the second user identifier.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining first user behavior data corresponding to the first user identifier and second user behavior data corresponding to the second user identifier; and

performing data analysis on the obtained first and second user behavior data based on the stored association relationship between the first user identifier and the second user identifier.

10. A system for identifying user information, comprising:

at least one memory operable to store program code; and

at least one processor operable to read the program code and operate as instructed by the program code, the program code comprising;

identifier obtaining code configured to cause the at least one processor to obtain a first user identifier of a user in a social network;

information obtaining code configured to cause the at least one processor to obtain identity authentication information corresponding to the first user identifier;

first determining code configured to cause the at least one processor to determine whether the identity authentication information is associated with a second user identifier;

processing code configured to, in response to determining that the identity authentication information is associated with the second user identifier, cause the at least one processor to store an association relationship between the first user identifier and the second user identifier; and

verification code configured to cause the at least one processor to perform data mining on a user behavior, estimate a master-slave relationship between the first user identifier and the second user identifier based on the data mining on the user behavior, and verify the estimated master-slave relationship between the first user identifier and the second user identifier based on the stored association relationship, the stored association relationship comprising a master-slave relationship that is established between the first user identifier and the second user identifier.

11. The system according to claim 10, wherein the processing code further causes the at least one processor to identify a record item by using the first user identifier as a keyword, and record, in the record item, the second user identifier and the identity authentication information corresponding to the first user identifier.

12. The system according to claim 10, wherein the program code further comprises second determining code configured to cause the at least one processor

to determine whether the association relationship between the first user identifier and the second user identifier is stored in an identity information relationship database, and

the processing code further causes the at least one processor to store the association relationship between the first user identifier and the second user identifier in response to determining that the association relationship between the first user identifier and the second user identifier is not stored in the identity information relationship database.

13. The system according to claim 10, wherein

the processing code causes the at least one processor to perform at least one of:

obtaining a preset rule, and determining the master-slave relationship between the first user identifier and the second user identifier based on the preset rule; and

receiving indication information of the user, and determining the master-slave relationship between the first user identifier and the second user identifier based on the indication information.

14. The system according to claim 10, wherein

the information obtaining code causes the at least one processor to query a preset identity authentication system by using the first user identifier as a keyword, determine whether the identity authentication information corresponding to the first user identifier exists in the identity authentication system, and obtain the identity authentication information in response to determining that the identity authentication information exists in the identity authentication system.

15. The system according to claim 14, further comprising:

establishment code configured to cause the at least one processor to collect identity authentication information of users in the social network, and manage the identity authentication system based on the collected identity authentication information.

16. The system according to claim 10, wherein the verification code causes the at least one processor to verify accuracy of the data mining on the user behavior based on a result of the verifying the estimated master-slave relationship between the first user identifier and the second user identifier.

17. The system according to claim 10, further comprising:

analysis code configured to cause the at least one processor configured to obtain first user behavior data corresponding to the first user identifier and second user behavior data corresponding to the second user identifier, and perform data analysis on the obtained first and second user behavior data based on the stored association relationship between the first user identifier and the second user identifier.

18. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores computer readable instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform:

obtaining a first user identifier of a user in a social network;

obtaining identity authentication information corresponding to the first user identifier;

determining whether the identity authentication information is associated with a second user identifier;

storing, in response to the identity authentication information being associated with the second user identifier, an association relationship between the first user identifier and the second user identifier;

performing data mining on a user behavior;

estimating a master-slave relationship between the first user identifier and the second user identifier based on the data mining on the user behavior; and

verifying the estimated master-slave relationship between the first user identifier and the second user identifier based on the stored association relationship, the stored association relationship comprising a master-slave relationship that is established between the first user identifier and the second user identifier.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 18, wherein the storing comprises:

identifying a record item by using the first user identifier as a keyword, and recording, in the record item, the second user identifier and the identity authentication information corresponding to the first user identifier.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 18, wherein the storing comprises:

determining whether the association relationship between the first user identifier and the second user identifier is stored in an identity information relationship database; and

storing the association relationship between the first user identifier and the second user identifier, in response to determining that the association relationship between the first user identifier and the second user identifier is not stored in the identity information relationship database.